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Thank you Takeruk, I had the salary as the CV instructions on the application ask me for the salary on the professional experience section, and I didn't change it when I moved it. I'll take your advise and remove it. To avoid confusion or misleading information, I'm just going to find out exactly how I was hired at the university just as rising_star said. In case of any controversy, I have that as backup.

Thank you swiss, I hope it is a competitive score for top MPP/MPA programs.

Take 1 or 2 days off. It helps your brain ease up and organize the information you have learned. Take it easy. Use your anxiety in a positive way as to give you energy and determination to continue studying and do your best, rather than watching tv or losing time in nonproductive activities.

In the real test on Quant I had a better score than all of the Kaplan tests, by 2-4 points. In verbal the difference ranged from 2 to 8 lower in practice tests. Princeton was volatile: with the same score on one and 8 points lower on the other one in Quant. Verbal was 10 points lower than the real deal. Manhattan was very close. I did 6 of their exams and on 4 the Quant score was exactly the same, and verbal was always lower but only by 1 or 2 points. ETS was the only test that gave me higher results on Quant than what I actually got. Both Powerprep tests gave me a score 2 points higher. On Verbal one score was 2 points lower, the other one was the same I got. Of course, it all depends on which moment of your study calendar you take the tests, as they reflect your progress.

Thank you. My experience with academic research is limited. All I've done is the teaching I already mentioned, a TA in 2008 and a RA in 2009. Most of my experience is on the professional sphere. Do you think it would be worth it to make a section only to add those 3 activities?. Even more, the RA was some pretty basic stuff that won't impress anyone. I was thinking about putting the TA and RA as part of the description of my major, as they were part of that process, and put the teaching experience in Employment, or Academic Experience section. There's where I hit the wall. Actually, this is how that section of the draft is currently shaped (the caps are information I still have to confirm): Academic Experience Professor of International Economics, at "Universidad Internacional de las Américas" (International University of the Americas). From: September-2012; to: September-2013 (expected). Job responsibilities: Teaching the course "DP-17 International Economics" for the School of International Affairs, with its associated duties. Textbook used: Krugman Paul, Obstfeld, Maurice (2006). International Economics: theory and policy, 7th Edition. Pearson Education, Spain. Salary: ~$XXX. Licensed Degree on Political Science, at Universidad de Costa Rica. San Pedro, Costa Rica. From: March-2010; to: May-2013 (expected thesis defense). Thesis title: "Formulación del TLC CR-China por parte del COMEX en el contexto de apertura de relaciones diplomáticas entre Costa Rica y la República Popular de China (2007-2010)" (Design process of the CR-China Free Trade Agreement by the Ministry of International Trade during the context of the opening of diplomatic relations between Costa Rica and the People's Republic of China). "Gerencia con Liderazgo" (Management with Leadership) Seminar, at INCAE Business School. Alajuela, Costa Rica. November, 2011. Full scholarship awarded by "Casa Presidencial de Costa Rica" (Presidential House of Costa Rica). International Summer School, at Renmin University of China. Beijing, China. From: PENDING; to: PENDING Full scholarship awarded by "Instituto Confucio, Universidad de Costa Rica" (Confucius Institute at the University of Costa Rica). Leadership, organizing and action: Leading Change program, at the Harvard Kennedy School Executive Education. San Jose, Costa Rica. DATE PENDING Online program. Project: PENDING BA in Political Science, at Universidad de Costa Rica. San Pedro, Costa Rica. From: March-2005; to; December-2009. Teacher Assistant during XXXXXX for the course YYYYYYY. Duties: Research Assistant during XXXX for YYYYYY. Duties: ZZZZZ Do you guys think that if I remove the teaching experience from here, and add it to Employment, the section would feel slim?

Thank you all for your comments. Putty, of course, that was the Cow Parade ! You should come back. Lots of things to do here Thank you for your comment on the wording. I'll look for a title that won't confuse the AdComm, maybe Assistant Professor which I've seen it used by some people around here. I'll do some more research on that.

I know this may sound a silly question, but I'm finishing my grad school applications and wanted an external opinion on this: I am currently a undergrad Professor of International Economics at the XXXXX School of International Affairs. Should I put this in the Academic Experience section of the CV/Resume or in the Employment section? Take note that this is not my main job, I have a full time professional job and once a week I impart that class. What do you think? Thanks on any thoughts.

Well, Tdearr's explanation seems legit, as I took the real GRE last friday and my unofficial scores are 164Q, 160V. Manhattan ended up being even more accurate than Powerprep.

I'm an international applicant too and many people around here have told me that a not so spectacular Verbal Score can be leveraged with a stellar TOEFL score.

Oh no, definitely buy them. The fact that the scores may be a little messed up doesn't obscure the fact that Manhattan has the best tests available (with Kaplan being a close second).

Another explanation could be that they measure the score based on the fact that their tests are harder than the actual GRE, but it doesn't make sense that basically on the same tests, the same number of wrong questions would yield a different result. I did a second Powerprep test and got 166, which coincides with what Manhattan is giving me, but only having 3 wrong questions...

I can't seem to understand how Manhattan calculates the scores for their Online Practice Tests, as they are giving me results that make no sense (a lot higher than they should be on Quantitative Reasoning). Check this relation between the number of wrong questions and the score: Test 1: 13 wrong, score 159. Test 2: 9 wrong, score 161. Test 3: 9 wrong, score 164 Test 4: 9 wrong, score 164. Test 5: 12 wrong, score 166. Test 6: 9 wrong, score 166. The difference cannot be attributed to the relation between the first and second set, as on some I've had the same amount of wrong in the first related to the second one, and obtained different scores. Also, the difficulty of the questions seems to be distributed in the same way among all tests. I'm worried about score inflation on practice tests from Manhattan, as getting 9 or 12 wrong questions cannot give you a score of 164 or 166 by any chance. On Kaplan, which I did all of their 5 exams, missing 7 or 9 questions would yield a score between 160-162. Too add to the confusion, on the first Powerprep test I missed 3 questions and got a 166, which seems to be accurate with the scores that Manhattan is giving me, but with the wrong/final score relation that Kaplan has. Has anyone had the same problem? Is anyone from Manhattan around here who can shed a light on the matter?

It's free and they won't charge, nor you'll have to give any credit card info.

I seems to be variable depending on how you do on the first section. But on mock tests, for me it has been just as the previous posters have mentioned. The number of questions you got right +130 should at least be your minimum.

You might want to check this thread: Also input on the search function "prep for gre" or "best prep". There are many topics concerning the matter. On my personal opinion Princeton Review is good, but should be complemented with the Kaplan Premier and the ETS Official Guide. If you want to go deeper and search for a top score, try Manhattan. Avoid McGraw Hill's Conquering the GRE, and the Kaplan Math Workbook.

Some universities ask you for the GRE to be taken at least one month prior to the application deadline. Others start reviewing the applications until January. It basically depends on each university, so my advice would be to check their websites, or send an email with the question to the adcom of the specific school you have interest in.

I bought Princeton Review's Cracking the GRE and on both the online tests I got a score for AW and very good feedback. It takes a couple of weeks, but being graded by people who actually know how AW is scored and how you can improve your writing is really useful. +100 points for Princeton Review.

That definitely cheered me up. +10 internetz for you

I just finished taking the second Kaplan test on their website (the first one I do). My score was 160Q, 154V. A few days ago I made the first Manhattan Online test and scored 159Q, 159V. I'm a little sad as I was scoring closer to 160 in Verbal and closer to 165 in QR in some other tests (namely, PR's and the one printed on the ETS official guide). I still have many exams left to go, including the Powerprep ones, but I'm just amazed at how difficult some of the questions on that Kaplan test were.

Princeton Review has 2 practice tests (one of them is the same as the Free Online one) which will give you a score and someone will check your essays.

If you have the money and have the confidence you'll raise the score, why not?

Congratulations. On the ETS practice, you're talking about the one in the guide or the Powerprep ones? About standart deviation, it seems strange that Kaplan, Manhattan and McGraw Hill are very limited on it. ETS shows the awful way to calculate it (the one using the sum of the averages and etc.) which is of no use during the exam. It was only on Princeton Review where I found them explaining the idea in a normal distribution and the +-sigmas and percentages related to it.

IMHO I don't think your score will set back your application at all. Congratulations on finally leaving the GRE behind. I still have a little less than a month to go :/

Already did the test on the ETS Official Guide. My raw scores were 39/50 on Verbal and 42/50 on Quantitative. The book says I'm 660-760 on Verbal and 750-800 on Quantitative. Seems on par with the results Princeton Review gave me. I still have exactly one month to study, so my goals now are to convert those scores into a minimum and improve them if possible, knowing that the marginal cost increases with each point increment.

Hm, do you know for sure that the test alternates the sections? On my online practice test from Princeton Review, I got a Verbal first and using the same logic you mention, I concluded the experimental section would be Verbal, only to find out that at the end I had 2 consecutive Quant sections.